This $747,513 definitive contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to Kinetx Inc., doing business as Kinetx Aerospace, for the DEEP ATMOSPHERE VENUS INVESTIGATION OF NOBLE GASES, CHEMISTRY, AND IMAGING PLUS (DAVINCI+) mission. The contract supports the DAVINCI+ mission concept and architecture analysis under the NASA Discovery Program. DAVINCI+ is a planetary science mission intended to study the atmosphere of Venus, with a targeted...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Dynovas Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of a "Boom-Enabled Actuating Manipulator (BEAM)". The $156,492.00 firm fixed-price contract has a period of performance through February 6, 2025. Dynovas, a Subchapter S corporation, has a history of SBIR awards and technology development work for various government agencies, including the Department of...
This is a $849,995.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a small business manufacturer headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia. The contract is for the development of "Robust Optical Interrogators for Electric Propulsion Applications," which aligns with NASA's mission in advanced propulsion systems. Luna Innovations has a strong track record of securing federal...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the Department of Defense (DoD) Headquarters agency to Kaney Aerospace, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Rockford, Illinois. The $63,311.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order supports research and development activities under the SBIR program, with a completion date of August 23, 2024. Kaney Aerospace specializes in motion and position control actuation solutions for aerospace and defense applications, and has a...
This is a $156,310 Firm Fixed Price, Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Infibertech, Corp, a small business Subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of a miniature, high-performance integrated photonics inertial measurement unit (IMU) and is set to be completed by February 6, 2025. This award is the third SBIR contract Infibertech has received from NASA, totaling over $1.02 million, as the company...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aerospace Innovations, LLC, a for-profit small business. The contract, valued at $124,993, is for the development of an imaging sensor-based command and control system to support autonomous operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). The work is intended to enable the transition from human-piloted UAS to more...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $150,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Kaney Aerospace, Inc. of Rockford, Illinois under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation. The research effort, titled "Combined Machine and Converter Architecture for Megawatt EMI Control and Weight Savings", will be conducted over a seven month period ending in January 2023. As a total small business set aside, the award was made to Kaney...
This is a federal contract award from the SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (SBIR) program, valued at $599,829.00, awarded to Xinetics Inc. The contract is for SBIR Phase II research and development work, with a Definitive Contract type and Firm Fixed Price pricing structure. The contract has a Small Business set-aside designation and a performance location in Massachusetts, USA. The contracting agency is not explicitly stated, but the SBIR program is commonly associated with the National...
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a for-profit manufacturer of goods located in Roanoke, Virginia. With a potential value of $149,999, this firm fixed price purchase order calls for Luna Innovations to deliver robust optical interrogators for electric propulsion applications by January 2023. As a Phase I award under the SBIR...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Hinetics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of a very high specific power integrated electric turbofan propulsion system. The key innovation is the use of high fundamental operating frequencies (3-10 kHz) and a mostly air-core electromagnetic architecture to increase power density and efficiency. This technology aims to enable more...